<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Women know The way to rear up children (to be just);  They know a simple, merry, tender knack  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women know The way to rear up children (to be just);  They know a simple, merry, tender knack   Of tying sashes, fitting baby-shoes,    And stringing pretty words that make no sense,     And kissing full sense into empty words;      Which things are corals to cut life upon,       Although such trifles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17249]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each night the Tree of Nutout of naught knits neat nuts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each night the Tree of Nutout of naught knits neat nuts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17632]]></link><description><![CDATA[My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose -- somehow we win out]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the reasons the Council originally objected to the Landmark project was that the applicant did not provide a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36871]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the reasons the Council originally objected to the Landmark project was that the applicant did not provide a shoring plan indicating how the hillside would be stabilized during the excavation. A shoring plan is still not available. If they start excavating they could trigger a slide. With temporary shoring we could at least know how they are going to hold that hill up there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although we may pretend that it is the chauffeur who is the social inferior, most of us, like Toad of Toad Hall, would not mind a turn at the wheel ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is a source of great strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is a source of great strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The T1 addresses this issue as a massively threaded processor that can handle more tasks on a single piece of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34796]]></link><description><![CDATA[The T1 addresses this issue as a massively threaded processor that can handle more tasks on a single piece of silicon. Customers can now do a lot more without adding hardware.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The waters wear the stones: thou washeth away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46157]]></link><description><![CDATA[The waters wear the stones: thou washeth away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentlemen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentlemen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was thy kiss, Love, that made me immortal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23831]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was thy kiss, Love, that made me immortal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26510]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it is the love of that which your work represents--if, being a landscape painter, it is love of hills ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45432]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it is the love of that which your work represents--if, being a landscape painter, it is love of hills and trees that moves you--if, being a figure painter, it is love of human beauty, and human soul that moves you--if, being a flower or animal painter, it is love, and wonder, and delight in petal and in limb that move you, then the Spirit is upon you, and the earth is yours, and the fullness thereof.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66242]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're walking from the Broadhurst, those eight minutes make a huge difference. They could be the difference between a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41661]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're walking from the Broadhurst, those eight minutes make a huge difference. They could be the difference between a hectic end to a night on the town and a leisurely one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think someone would recognize me on the court now if they had seen me last year. My biggest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40358]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think someone would recognize me on the court now if they had seen me last year. My biggest improvement is my strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams won't come looking for you. That's why you have to chase them. Pursue them until they become reality, then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams won't come looking for you. That's why you have to chase them. Pursue them until they become reality, then hold on tightly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's sometimes a difficult thing for family members to understand. The process can be vastly different, depending on the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29341]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's sometimes a difficult thing for family members to understand. The process can be vastly different, depending on the country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47399]]></link><description><![CDATA[A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This monument is family. This monument needs to be preserved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42037]]></link><description><![CDATA[This monument is family. This monument needs to be preserved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60337]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust not the physician; His antidotes are poison, and he slays  More than you rob. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust not the physician; His antidotes are poison, and he slays  More than you rob.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the tiniest poodle is lionhearted, ready to do anything to defend home, master, and mistress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the tiniest poodle is lionhearted, ready to do anything to defend home, master, and mistress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14275]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12524]]></link><description><![CDATA[To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23791]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42075]]></link><description><![CDATA[People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a real shock, and I felt bad for his wife and family. I've known his wife since we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30367]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a real shock, and I felt bad for his wife and family. I've known his wife since we were babies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come, Though not with much eclat or beat of drum;  True patriots ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45763]]></link><description><![CDATA[From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come, Though not with much eclat or beat of drum;  True patriots all; for be it understood   We left our country for our country's good.    No private views disgraced our generous zeal,     What urged our travels was our country's weal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is why you fail. (in response to Luke saying, "I don'tbelieve it."). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21116]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is why you fail. (in response to Luke saying, "I don'tbelieve it.").]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17043]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to your funeral]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8967]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20675]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isn’t.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15548]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or 4 years. Then you are a journeyman. You can go from one master to another and learn other tricks and other secrets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[90% of the people in the stock market, professionals and amateurs alike, simply haven't done enough homework. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15838]]></link><description><![CDATA[90% of the people in the stock market, professionals and amateurs alike, simply haven't done enough homework.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always a highlight of the year for our kids. It's a fun time. The weather should be good Monday ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32151]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always a highlight of the year for our kids. It's a fun time. The weather should be good Monday through Thursday so the playing conditions should be good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63464]]></link><description><![CDATA[A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4656]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44746</guid></item></channel></rss>